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Ford School welcomes new staff to work with alumni

Jan 25, 2011

Two highly skilled professionals join the Ford School staff as we establish an innovative model for alumni engagement. The school's alumni relations function has been revamped and expanded to reflect our commitment to engaging Ford School alums...

A letter from the Board Chair

Jan 25, 2011

Dear Alumni and Friends, Happy New Year! I am pleased to write to you with updates from the Ford School Alumni Board and provide some of the details of what you already know: Ford School graduates continue to be recognized as leaders in both the...

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Student work featured in episode of Out of the Blue

Jan 25, 2011

Professor Liz Gerber and students from the fall 2010 Applied Policy Seminar (now called Strategic Public Policy Consulting or SPPC) hit national airwaves as their work was featured on Out of the Blue, a University of Michigan-produced television...

John Ciorciari articles appears in Fletcher Forum of World Affairs

Jan 21, 2011

An article by John Ciorciari was published in the Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, a prestigious student-run public policy journal at Tufts University. Ciorciari's article, "India's Approach to Great-Power Status," discusses the rise of India's...

Susan Dynarski quoted in Detroit Free Press about college-level financial aid

Jan 17, 2011

Susan M. Dynarski was quoted in a Detroit Free Press article about college-level financial aid. The article, called "More aid and debt relief set for cash-strapped college students," discusses the increased availability of financial aid—offered at...

Dean Yang presents at Global Development Conference in Colombia

Jan 14, 2011

Dean Yang presented his research on microfinance at a plenary session at the 12th Annual Global Development Conference held in Bogotá, Colombia. The conference, titled "Financing Development in a Post-Crisis World: The Need for a Fresh Look," is run...

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New Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program website launched.

Jan 12, 2011

The Ford School's Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program welcomes current and prospective students, faculty, staff, and others to visit their completely redesigned website at: www.stpp.fordschool.umich.edu.The STPP Program is devoted...

Robin Wright to deliver Ford School 2011 commencement address

Jan 10, 2011

Noted journalist, foreign policy analyst, and author Robin Wrightwill speak at the 2011 Ford School commencement ceremonies.Wright grew up in Ann Arbor and earned two degrees from the University of Michigan, but her career has taken her all over the...

David Cohen, Susan Dynarski, and Brian Jacob named to RHSU's 2010 Edu-Scholar Public Presence Rankings

Jan 3, 2011

Three Ford School professors—David K. Cohen, Susan Dynarski, and Brian Jacob—were listed in an Education Week blog ranking edu-scholars "public presence" in 2010.The rankings were calculated based on researchers' contributions to education-related...

Policy students, former officers weigh in on the end of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

Dec 22, 2010

The national conversation about gay men and women serving in the military changed drastically this morning, when President Obama signed into law a bill repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." The question no longer centers on the merits of allowing...

Susan Dynarski co-authored report on charter schools, federal government

Dec 16, 2010

Susan Dynarski co-authored a report for The Brookings Institution about government regulation of charter schools. In "Charter Schools: A Report on Rethinking the Federal Role in Education," the authors explain the government’s current role in...

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Paul N. Courant joins Digital Public Library of America steering committee

Dec 15, 2010

Paul N. Courant has joined the steering committee for the proposed Digital Public Library of America. This 12-member committee, composed of library and foundation leaders, will create a blueprint for "an open, distributed network of comprehensive...

Robert Axelrod interview by Radiolab about good deeds and conflict

Dec 15, 2010

Robert Axelrod was interviewed on a Radiolab episode called "One Good Deed Deserves Another." In the episode, Axelrod shares his research—dating back decades—on a variety of conflict strategies including being good and "tit for tat." Axelrod and...

Elisabeth Gerber, Applied Policy Seminar, and One Lenawee partnership highlighted in article

Dec 10, 2010

Elisabeth Gerber and MPP students from her Applied Policy Seminar (APS), now called Strategic Public Policy Consulting or SPPC, were highlighted in a Daily Telegram article called "Research by 'One Lenawee' group progresses." Gerber and her students...

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Barry Rabe spoke to Michigan Radio about Rick Snyder's plan to streamline environmental regulations

Dec 9, 2010

Barry Rabe spoke to Michigan Radio about governor-elect Rick Snyder’s plan to streamline government regulations for Michigan businesses. Supporters of Snyder’s plan say the reduction of red tape will help Michigan businesses compete better, but Rabe...

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State & Hill’s Fall 2010 issue explores roads to better health policy, more

Dec 6, 2010

Taking a cue from recent changes to the landscape of U.S. health care policy, the Fall 2010 issue of State & Hill highlights health-related work and research carried out by our faculty, students, and alums. Stories about U-M’s celebration of the...

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Returned Peace Corps volunteers serve abroad, serve at home

Dec 6, 2010

As we celebrate 50 years of international Peace Corps service, the Ford School reflects on the impact of the Fellows/USA program—a fellowship for returned Peace Corps volunteers who agree to complete policy-related internships in underserved U.S....

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Through the lens of social science: faculty insights on health policy

Dec 6, 2010

When we thoughtfully apply scientific analysis to policy challenges, we discover new and sometimes surprising relationships. If our analysis is sound, sound policies can emerge from these discoveries. The Ford School faculty members featured in...

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Bullish on Michigan

Dec 6, 2010

CLOSUP Program Manager Tom Ivakco played a key role in designing and implementing the center's Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS)-an innovative effort to query elected and appointed officials from every jurisdiction in Michigan. Tom spoke with...

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Political novice leads "tough nerd" to victory

Dec 6, 2010

Jeff Barnes (MPP '09) had never run a political campaign before Michigan gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder promoted him to campaign manager in August. The choice made sense for Snyder, a technology entrepreneur running for his first public office....

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Skipping doses, splitting pills in southeastern Michigan

Dec 6, 2010

Metro Detroit residents have made difficult decisions to weather the "Great Recession" that began in December 2007—in some cases, to the detriment of their own health. That is one of the early findings from the Michigan Recession and Recovery Survey...

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Roads, roadlessness, and Rotovirus in southern coastal Ecuador

Dec 6, 2010

Jonathan Zelner, just finishing his PhD in Public Policy and Sociology, reflects on the role of social connectedness in reducing risks of disease and the implications for the development of northern coastal Ecuador. Worldwide, one billion people...

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From Ann Arbor, Michigan to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica

Dec 6, 2010

This spring, two Ford School students traveled to Jamaica's Blue Mountains. Their goal: to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of a free clinic run by the Blue Mountain Project. The Blue Mountain summit is the highest in Jamaica: the mossy...

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Can licensed health practitioners meet the gap?

Dec 6, 2010

With 32 million previously uninsured Americans poised to receive coverage under the Affordable Care Act, some worry that this enormous influx of patients will overload the health care system—limiting access, driving up prices, and decreasing the...

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Complex systems approach may offer new insights on health disparities

Dec 6, 2010

In the mid-1980s, Carl Simon—a professor of mathematics, economics, and public policy—became captivated by a medical and social crisis: the HIV epidemic. At the time, scientists knew very little about the transmission system of HIV, he explains,...

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Uncertain funding, regulatory changes slow embryonic stem cell research innovation

Dec 6, 2010

In March 2009, just seven weeks after taking the oath of office, President Obama signed an executive order ending an eight-year ban on federal funding for virtually all human embryonic stem cell research. "Medical miracles do not happen simply by...

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Panel study tracks wellbeing over the lifecourse and across generations

Dec 6, 2010

Co-director and principal investigator of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), Professor Bob Schoeni is responsible for leading one of the most widely used social science data sets in the world—a longitudinal NSF-funded study that has...

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Genetic gold rush hinders competition, innovation

Dec 6, 2010

Even before we had mapped the human genome, American entrepreneurs had begun to stake claims to it. Over the last two decades, the U.S. Patent Office has issued more than 5,000 patents on parts of the human genome, leaving an alarming 20 percent of...

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Blame it on the rain: early rainfall impacts health, wealth, and education

Dec 6, 2010

Their country straddling the equator, Indonesians know two basic seasons: dry and wet. However, the length of the rainy season can vary widely across this archipelago comprised of thousands of islands. Village farmers are used to this, and have...

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Health economics and public policy

Dec 6, 2010

Another faculty member on loan from the University of Michigan this year is research professor Helen Levy, who was appointed this August to serve a one-year term as a senior economist for the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)—an agency that...

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